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- Title
HOME ANYWHERE IS HOME NOWHERE: THE CENTRAL PLACE OF HOME IN THE GEOGRAPHIC IMAGINATION OF EDWARD ABBEY.
- Authors
Wicker, Stacey
- Abstract
Born and raised in western Pennsylvania, American writer Edward Abbey (1927-1989) is most widely associated with the desert landscapes of the American Southwest. Acclaimed as a nature writer, environmentalist and defender of wilderness, Abbey's writings reveal an individual with a highly developed sense of place; in particular, the idea of home as place. Through a critical analysis of Abbey's published writings, interviews, personal correspondence and private journals, this paper seeks to further understand the place of home in shaping the human experience. Abbey's extensive and often complex musings on home are a crucial component in centering his self-identity, especially as a means of expressing his profound love for the American Southwest and his feelings of alienation from his native western Pennsylvania. Ultimately, Abbey ideas of home serve as a framework for articulating his deep commitment to environmental preservation and wilderness defense.
- Subjects
PENNSYLVANIA; ABBEY, Edward, 1927-1989; AUTHORS; SENTIMENTAL fiction; SOCIAL alienation; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Pennsylvania Geographer, 2015, Vol 53, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
0553-5980
- Publication type
Article